Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2024-03-03, 03:39

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by duboisea

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I put my Orpheus 2 (with 16Mb) and X2GS up for sale if anyone is interested. The card works great, I just don't have time to use it and hope someone else can enjoy it.

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Re: Tiny Vortex86-based DOS gaming PC - weeCee

Posted on 2024-01-24, 03:32

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by duboisea

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I purchased a weeCee from nachtrave, but no longer have time to use it. After second kid what little time I had left for hobbies is officially gone 😀 I listed it online. Works great and would love to see it go to someone that can enjoy it.

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2023-10-03, 03:26

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by duboisea

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Figured it out, was entirely user error. I had set my oplirq to 7 in the orphinit ini. It was leftover from when I was testing/trying to resolve a conflict with a different device.

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2023-10-02, 15:09

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What steps are required to make the Orpheus 2 work with Jazz (and other Epic games?) Anyone else got it working yet? * Card is running on IRQ=7 and DMA=7 * Works with Heretic and Duke3D * I run `orpheus.bat` and `ultrasound.bat` before starting `jazz.exe` * I ran `prepgame.exe` in the `jazz` …

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Re: DreamBlaster X16 + X16GS Release

Posted on 2023-09-27, 20:08

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by duboisea

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dreamblaster I am not able to access the device with X16Manager. Is there any additional logging or debug that I could enable?

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Re: Unofficial Soundbanks for Dreamblaster X2/X3M

Posted on 2023-09-18, 04:21

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@Hummtaro I just purchased a X16! Mind doing the conversion script on ESFM? Very excited to hear it. I love the sound of ESFM. The cards I have are quite noisey though. Using a Orpheus and my X2GS has been so nice.

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Pentium 2 450 do I need additional heat sink?

Posted on 2023-07-10, 16:09

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by duboisea

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I just purchased this CPU and not sure if I need an additional heatsink/fan. Are the holes/grooves to attach something or to dissipate heat?

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Re: AGP GPU to pair with 2.8Ghz P4 + 2GB PC133

Posted on 2023-06-03, 03:16

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by duboisea

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The motherboard I have is a Asus P4B-LX. In the manual it states ``` The motherboard comes with two Single Data Rate (SDR) Dual InlineMemory Module (DIMM) sockets. These sockets support up to 2GBsystem memory using unbuffered ECC or non-ECC PC100/133 DIMMs. ```

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AGP GPU to pair with 2.8Ghz P4 + 2GB PC133

Posted on 2023-06-01, 18:04

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I am building a computer to play some early 2000s games. Morrowind, HL2 and Call of Duty are the big ones for me. When I beat those I have plenty other to try :) What would people recommend? I was thinking a Geforce 6800, but they are pretty expensive ($200!). That is 4x what I paid to put the …

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Re: DreamBlaster X16

Posted on 2023-01-09, 00:07

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@dreamblaster Any update on dxb -> sf2? I want to buy this so I can use ESFM soundfont (~700Mb). @Hummatro is able to convert them, not sure what software they are using.

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Re: Tiny Vortex86-based DOS gaming PC - weeCee

Posted on 2023-01-04, 18:57

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The graphics drivers don't work at all on Windows 95. On startup you will get a BSoD about missing symbols. Might be fixable though! I was able to get networking enabled, but it had issues. Windows 95 feels much faster though! The UI is more responsive etc... I don't remember how the Read/Write from …

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Re: Possible to use ES1887 'Midi for Internal ESFM Synthesis' for DOS Games?

Posted on 2022-12-25, 18:22

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Thanks for the tip with DoomLegacy! I was attempting to use an old version of chocolate-doom, but my hardware wasn't able to keep up. Doom95 sounded amazing playing it last night. It is a shame I am limited to Windows only games. Really love how System Shock sounds on ESFM. Going to see what hacks I …

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Re: Possible to use ES1887 'Midi for Internal ESFM Synthesis' for DOS Games?

Posted on 2022-12-25, 02:28

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I wonder if it would be possible to intercept/translate MIDI -> ESFM? Is it possible to have software listen on and address? I have only done userland C for Linux 😒

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Possible to use ES1887 'Midi for Internal ESFM Synthesis' for DOS Games?

Posted on 2022-12-22, 05:53

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by duboisea

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I have a ES1887 and using it from Windows 95 I really love how it sounds. Playing the e1m3 MIDI sounds so much better then the game itself. Anyone know if it would be possible to use it from Doom? I don't even understand how it works. Does the ESS driver contain a soundfont and it is done in …

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Recommendations for reliable and noisy spinning HD?

Posted on 2022-11-26, 16:17

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Does anyone have recommendations for hard drives that are ~4GB (bigger would be nice!) that are reliable and noisy? I have a SSD in my retro PC and it works great, but I am missing the sounds. I tried the HDD Clicker, and it almost scratches the itch but miss the seek sounds.

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Re: Unofficial Soundbanks for Dreamblaster X2/X3M

Posted on 2022-10-22, 03:55

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by duboisea

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@Hummtaro Do you think it would be possible to fit the ESFM Soundfont into 64M? I found it here https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/122391-best-doom-soundfonts/?tab=comments#comment-2325794 I don't know why, but really enjoying listening to things with it. Would be really fun to play some games on …

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Re: Unofficial Soundbanks for Dreamblaster X2/X3M

Posted on 2022-08-02, 14:29

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by duboisea

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Nice! Thanks for the feedback. You would need to buy the dream SDK and you would need the soundbank source.. But you don't have to, here's a OPL-3 FM 48M for X2GS: Download: Mediafire Edit: I replaced the drumkit and some bright instruments with those from the 64M version. Most other instruments …

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Re: Unofficial Soundbanks for Dreamblaster X2/X3M

Posted on 2022-08-01, 01:45

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by duboisea

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@Hummtaro The Ultrasound soundbank works great! I played hours of Heretic+Doom last night and didn't have any issues. I have never heard a real Ultrasound so I can't really compare :) Would it be easy to get the OPL-3 FM down to 48MB? I have a X2GS and not a X2. Would it be possible to make drop …

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Re: Unofficial Soundbanks for Dreamblaster X2/X3M

Posted on 2022-07-28, 20:45

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by duboisea

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That is amazing! Thank you so much, will try it out tonight

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Re: Matrox G450 PCI is a underhyped card!

Posted on 2022-07-24, 13:43

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by duboisea

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@kolderman I have this issue with the Voodoo 3 3DFX Voodoo 3 3000 - Inconsistencies with some DOS and Windows Games and no BIOS option to fix it. I haven’t had much luck with the card, the combination of CPU/Mobo/Gfx wasn’t good for me.

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